A third version of the Virginia Tech massacre report has been made public after victims’ families demanded revisions to inaccuracies in the previous release.
The revised version does not change the report’s conclusions or recommendations on how universities can handle similar events, reports The New York Times. The previous report revealed senior university administrators did not send a campus-wide notification about the attack until two hours after the initial shots were fired.
The latest version corrects two misstated events during the shooting, including lockdown procedures and warnings given to policy group members and the school’s head lobbyist before the rest of the school was notified. Initial statements said the policy group, which is responsible for the university’s emergency response plan, called family members to warn them about the shooting. However, the revised report says the two employees who made calls were just assistants to group members.
The report is still intended to act as a tool for emergency management officials around the nation to respond and reduce loss of life during similar events.
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